Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Trumpproval

Near Majority Favors Impeaching Trump -- A new Public Policy Polling survey finds 49% of voters support impeaching President Trump, as compared to 41% who are opposed to doing so. Also interesting: Trump’s approval rating has declined by a net 7 points in the last month.

It’s an unfortunate truth that the Republican base not onlyaccepts but also often angrily defends conduct from Mr. Trumpthat they would never, ever accept in a Democratic president. . .

The desire to think the best of Mr. Trump combined with thedeep distaste for Democrats grants extraordinary power totwo phrases: “fake news” and “the other side is worse.”. . .

I’m reminded of an encounter at my church. People know thatI opposed both Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton. They often ask whatI think of the president’s performance. My standard response:I like some things, I dislike others, but I really wish heshowed better character. I don’t want him to lie. I said thisto a sweet older lady not long ago, and she responded — inall sincerity — “You mean Trump lies?” “Yes,” I replied.“All the time.” She didn’t answer with a defense. She didn’tsay “fake news.” We’d known each other for years, and shetrusted my words.

For a moment, she seemed troubled. . .

But just then, her jaw set. I saw a flare of defiance in her eyes.She took a sip of coffee, looked straight at me, and I knew exactlywhat was coming next:

We may shortly be facing a national crisis. President Trump’sbase is egging him on to undertake his own “Saturday Night Massacre”and fire Robert Mueller. . .

On Fox News, the host Jeanine Pirro proposed firing Mueller,blaming the Democrats, and imprisoning Hillary Clinton.Speaking of the Mueller investigation, Pirro said,“It’s time to shut it down, turn the tables, and lock her up.”. . .

[A]s some conservative voices cheer for Mueller’s ouster,I fear that Trump may replicate the 1973 Saturday Night Massacreand fire Mueller — and presumably a couple of layers of officialsin between.

Nixon did this in 1973, firing special prosecutor Archibald Coxand provoking a national bellow of outrage that I remember well,even though I was then a 14-year-old. . .

What’s different this time is that both houses of Congressare controlled by the same party as the president, and Ifear that if Trump fired Mueller the result would be lessa bellow than a squeak. . .

The reason for Republican reticence is simple: Trump stillhas 78 percent backing among Republicans, and senators likeFlake who have challenged him have lost support. If you’rea Republican senator, I fear that your political interestmay be to respond to Trump firing Mueller by calling foran investigation of Hillary Clinton. . .====

Brazile, now Warren, they're throwing HRC under the bus without remorse. Mueller has long left Trump/Russia collusion behind to line up the lobbyist scum like Manafort and Podesta and bring them down. Hillary is toxic now, and everyone knows it. The walls are closing in on her. She was supposed to be in the White House where she would have kept all of this dead and buried. She's next, and everyone in DC knows it. This is an amazing time to be alive.